In further exploration of the nature of reality, it occurred to me that if I wanted to come to my own conclusion about the nature of reality with the advantage of potential insight from as many credible sources as I can manage, conventional or not, than I could not possibly ignore the phenomenon of synchronicity. … Continue reading Explaining Synchronicity: Cooperation with Reality
The Problem of Spirituality: Are We Going about it the Wrong Way?
I decided to scroll through some content with the tag "Spirituality" on a few sites to see what people are talking about regarding this concept. I was looking for something more idiosyncratic or personal than most people were sharing, but the assortment of ideas was interesting to explore. I did however come across an issue … Continue reading The Problem of Spirituality: Are We Going about it the Wrong Way?
Understanding Faith as a Partnership with the Unseen
"To maintain the state of being of our highest potential, reflected in the state of enlightenment, we cannot forget the nature of our existence in this reality"
The Benefits of Meditation: Practicing Enlightenment
"Many people who find themselves practicing meditation will inevitably reach these kinds of experiences and gain a more lucid awareness of their existence. So how does it work?"
Is Enlightenment Necessary? Reconsidering Socrates’s Claim About the “Unexamined Life”
"Yes, it got him executed, but Socrates would've suffered more had he not died following his passion"
Fixing the Mistakes of Modern Psychotherapy
"Psychotherapy is necessarily spiritual in nature, and it is accomplished through enlightenment and self-realization..."
The Philosophy of Institutional Education
"A good service provider, no matter the service, ought to prioritize the optimization of the service over any other interest for the benefit of the service itself and the provider-consumer relationship."
Is there a Reason to Live?
This question may seem like something only a madman would ask, but if there's anything I've learned in the last few years it's that "madmen" often have the most interesting things to say. My interest in philosophy started when I read Albert Camus's The Stranger as a sophomore in high school, and since then existentialism … Continue reading Is there a Reason to Live?
Nietzsche & Buddhism: the Purpose of Morality
"The significance of morality as an ethical guide is that it offers stability and fulfillment in a deterministic world that does not protect anyone from meaninglessness or nihilism by providing stability for the ever-fluctuating will of consciousness"
On the Concept of “Reality” and the Place of Consciousness in our Minds
"When our mind collects sensory information from our interaction with reality and displays an imagined, hallucinated physical world for our conscious mind to interpret, it is just like a computer..."
The Enlightened Mind 